Select Seeds Catalog A-Z

Mounds of intense yellow and orange bicolored blooms take all that summer can dish out with ease, blooming all season without ceasing, and adding brilliant color to garden edges and pots. No deadheading needed, they tidily drop spent flowers and keep popping out new ones on top of super healthy foliage.

This age old favorite has bright yellow, 1 inch long flowers that have delightfully fringed upper petals, fancied to be a bird's wings in flight. They look, to me. like little orchids. The vine climbs on strings or fine trelliswork to a height of 8-12'. It was introduced to England in 1755 from its native Peru. Listed in an American seed catalog in 1903.

When I gaze (lovingly) on the embroidered petals of these pinks, I feel transported to an earlier time, perhaps to the early Victorian age when it was called Japan Pink. Large single flowers in white, pink and red shades have contrasting stitchery and jagged pointed petal edges. A cool season annual. Listed in an American seed catalog in 1903.

For the kid in us, a deliciously chocolate scented cosmos flower! The species was illustrated in Curtis' Botanical Magazine in 1883. This choice selection is more compact and flowers summer to fall. Maximum flowers in areas with warm days and cool nights. Grow in regular to rich well-drained soils; avoid wet clay soils as they may rot in such conditions. Develops a tuberose root that can be overwintered like dahlias in damp sand in a cool area. Keeping over will result in more robust plants the following years.

This vespertine beauty has furled petals of lilac striped with deepest purple that twist open at dusk, in the evening, releasing a powerful lily-like fragrance. These upward facing flowers bloom all summer, thriving in summer heat and are drought tolerant once established.

A sparkling white selection for the evening garden, or wherever the purity of white blossoms and light green leaves is appreciated. The trumpet-shaped flowers are lightly citrus scented, and bloom in clusters all summer.

Jefferson received this seed from its native southwest and grew it at Monticello—perhaps he was as captivated by it as we are. Outrageous curvy pink stamens dotted at the tips with orange pollen reach out a good 2" from the magenta throated white trumpets. A sweet orange blossom scent draws nighttime visitors, human and invertebrate alike! Grow in moonlit gardens or in pots placed on the patio. Stake in more fertile soils to underpin its relaxed bushy growth. Tuberous roots.

This lovely, sweet citrus-scented flower has yellow and white flowers, bicolor too. Could this be the "gold-striped" variety described in 1884? An early evening summer bloomer that stays open all night to greet you in the morning with sunny color.

Described in a seed catalog of 1889 as "leaves light green, marbled, very ornamental." Slightly later to bloom than other selections, the chartreuse foliage taking center stage until the neon pink flowers appear. Sweet, orange-blossom scent.

A delicious, sweet, orange-blossom scent is cast on the air every afternoon as these rare, striped, trumpet-shaped flowers open. This rare selection features the striped flowers that so enraptured past generations of gardeners. The scented flowers attract hummingbirds by day and moths by night.

Also called Shottesham Pet especially in English gardens, this spritely scented geranium is a gem! Lovely medium green, lacy-edged leaves show off the large clusters of cherry-pink flowers. Good compact habit with a spicy fragrance.

This rare geranium should be in everyone's collection, for it has a lovely compact habit, gorgeous but simple pure red flowers, and the leaves are outstanding! Dark green ruffle-edged leaves are traced with one fine black ring. A rare treasure.

We are amazed by the flower power of this award winning variety, and we keep it in clay pots on the windowsill in winter to enjoy it all year round. Crinkled leaves of sage green are banded by creamy white and show off the single salmon blooms to perfection.

Regal, or Martha Washington, geraniums originated in England in the 1870's. This variety has large flowers of strawberry and cream that bloom in spring and early summer. After bloom, keep in a cooler spot, protected from rain.